The State U. of New York A&T College at Morrisville, known as Morrisville State, has found a high-tech way to serve up late-night snacks, by replacing its campus convenience store with a giant vending machine that is always open for business. The outdoor unit (below) stocks 126 different items, and it even takes the campus meal card.
The most popular items with students are submarine sandwiches and six-packs of Red Bull Energy Drink, says Glenn Gaslin, a general manager at the Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation, which oversees food services on the campus. "When they’re coming back from wherever they go at night, they stop by and get a snack or whatever—or aspirin, or whatever they get."
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